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1 <> Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
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1 O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
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2 Don't enter into judgment with your servant, For in your sight no man living is righteous.
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2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
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3 For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
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3 The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
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4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
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4 So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
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5 I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
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5 I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.
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6 I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
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6 I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. "Selah"
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7 Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, So that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.
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7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
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8 Cause me to hear your lovingkindness in the morning, For I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to you.
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8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
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9 Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
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9 Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD, for I hide myself in you.
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10 Teach me to do your will, For you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
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10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
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11 Revive me, Yahweh, for your name's sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
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11 For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
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12 In your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.
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12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
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